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Comment by Sarfa

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Comment by Barenziah

Looks like a fish when you equipt it, probably because it IS a fish. Yet another of Blizzard's fun little items thrown in to make us lol. ^_^

Comment by Eluneril

What could be more awesome than beating someone to their untimely death with a fish :)

Comment by spikedman

I want to see this enchanted with fiery/icy/crusader... how sick would that be

Comment by Graae

"Disenchantable (25)" is yet another thing that makes this item hilarious.. *You dont need to be skilled to destroy a fish*

Comment by Elomir

This fish is obtained by fishing off the south shore of Hillsbrad Foothills. Very low catch rate.

Comment by Brachamul

Best twink item ever.

FEEL THE WRATH OF MY CRUSADER ENCHANTED FISH !

Comment by Rachelina

ok at first i was going for the 15 pound snapper. probably over 2k casts didnt get it. talked to a GM. and the next day after only 50 casts i caught the steelscale crushfish and got the achievement "one that didn't get away". and if you are looking for it too. fish in hillsbrad at the coast. i was over by the naggas.

Comment by rutehh8

Just caught two of them and it didn't register in my achievement.

Comment by Fruhauf

Since im currently at 2200 casts for the 15lb mud snapper as well, im curious to know what the GM said about it?

Notes: Can only be caught during the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza.

Time: Sundays 14:00-16:00 only.

Commentary: Ultra-rare catch from Schools of Tastyfish during the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza. Unlike the other rare fish, there is no quest involved - just equip the fish as a weapon. The Rockhide Strongfish is the rarest of all contest fish - estimated at less than 1 in 1000 catches. Most anglers will never catch it.

Comment by Kaelnarae55

Blizzard had implemented alot of the fish items that could be wielded for a reference. Back during the IRC chat when someone were to be booted/banned from the channel, the GM would usual type something along these lines: " has been slapped with a large trout." to tell when someone is booted/banned.

Comment by sunderkeenin

WOW nice info anyways.DW them with fiery enchant.If it glows then lols are assured.Flaming Fish anyone?

Comment by LoreKeeperMobius

but how do you disenchant a fish?

Comment by kokoki3

i got 2 on one day ^-^

Comment by Tenjen

you have to use this to cut down the mightiest tree in the forest.

Cept its more likely to chop down the entire forest out of sheer awesome.

Comment by Oxblood

Just Pulled this out of the sea in STV. Right outside Grom'gol

Comment by ltaranu

Yep, this fish is still catchable in STV, although I was fishing outside of Grom'Gol in the place that says The Vile Reef, not Grom'Gol Base Camp. Not sure if it's catchable in the latter. Good luck!

Comment by Pantheon07

imagine if you enchant him :D with blue or red

Comment by hitaltair

i was preparing for the extravagance contest.i was in yo jamba isle and i fished the Steelscale Crushfish with the 1st cast from open water and without lure(525 skill with kaluak pole).i was vrey frusttrated from the posts above about rarity and casts.couldn't believe that this step of salty could come so easy.well,random is random :)

Comment by Gargot

Caught on Darkmoon Faire Island after 20 cast.

Comment by Quarla

I caught this today while fishing for the sea pony in the Darkmoon faire island waters. So here's a new place to find it!

Comment by rhinoloupe

Sadly, you can NOT transmog an item to look like this.

You get the error message "This item's appearance cannot be used."

Comment by otarma

I caught 2 of this fish in a row on the left strand of Darkmoon Island with my fishing skill less than 100.

Comment by mrsfoxmulder

Caught this today at Darkmoon Island, at the boardwalk of the fairgrounds. Just letting you know that you have a chance to get this while trying to fish up the Sea Pony.

Comment by ShrekfromAzgalor

FYI, when fishing, always put it on autoloot. Got this fish while doing a darkmoon faire quest but only clicked on the quest fish and didn't notice it was one of the rare fishes which is the only achievement I need for salty. 100 fishes more and still no steelscale crushfish but I did get my sea pony at my 90th cast.

Comment by penguinsane

Just fished this up out at the new Darkmoon Faire, off of the right side of the boardwalk in the open water, while fishing for the new sea pony pet.

Comment by headstrong

this can be fish in open water on darkmoon faire island

Comment by Nyabel

Caught this on Darkmoon isle today, and it seems like the new best place to try and catch this fishie.

Comment by the4everclear

This can not be used for transmogrification. Bought it from the AH recently and got the error message "That item's appearance can not be used."

Comment by mange3

Over 600 casts on Darkmoon Island, got Sea Pony @ 575.But not this one yet. I must be unlucky

Comment by tobindax

Does anyone know if it has higher chance under the docks compared to the rest of the island or vice versa? The dock has a different name on the map.

Comment by Clickey

I was getting a Steelscale Crushfish every 30 minutes (around 50 casts apart).

Location: On the docks in Southshore.

Note: From the comments it looks like Darkmoon Faire Island has a pretty nice chance to drop it. Might be better if you're trying to get the Sea Pony.

***Other Tips*** If you're trying to get The one that didn't get away achievment and you also want the turtle sea, It's probably better if you fish in herring schools. However, after over 5000 casts, I have failed to get a single dark herring. I've gotten a sea turtle mount after about 11400 casts (about 2 weeks of fishing daily lol). If you get the Dark Herring early, and you still want the mount, fish in Cataclysm fishing pools (same droprate, but you get better fish and chances for Tome of Polymorph: Turtle)

Comment by Hamad

You can transmorg this into other maces^^. Now you can go kill people with your amazing killer fish.

Edit: You can do it with both maces as well.

Comment by Zahri

Today at 13:05:00 I managed to catch this fish at darkmoon faire boardwalk. I was fishing at 525 skill + 30 from fishing rod bonus in open waters.

It took me about 500 casts to get it.

Before I spent loads of time in mulgore and howling fjord with no result.I would recommend fishing in darkmoon faire if you only need achievement.

Good luck everyone. Dont give up. You will eventually get yours :)

Posting screenshot as proof.

Comment by Derad

I personally witnessed one person log onto 4 different toons at the Darkmoon Faire while I was fishing next to him. Each toon was on for approximately 6 minutes. 3 of them got the Sea Pony companion and 2 got the Steelscale Crushfish in that timeframe. This is not just sour grapes. I believe the "rng" truly favors newer toons.

Comment by finlator

Caught mine today on Darkmoon Island off the boardwalk after perhaps a couple hundred casts. My toon is max level, max fishing, have been playing for a while so I don't believe in the "RNG favors newer toons" conspiracy theory. I do, however, think Darkmoon is the ONLY place to go for the "One That Didn't Get Away" achievement. There's just too much anecdotal evidence of Crushfish being caught here to ignore.

Comment by tresrottn

For those complaining it can't be used for xmog, seem to be right. I tried it on my main, shucks! main hand mace. So, I sent it to my shammy with matching heirlooms. I get the same error, this items appearance cannot be used.

BLIZZ! Come on! Give those people with a sense of humor their outlet! lol

Comment by JohnnyRingo

does anyone know if they have reduced the drop rate on these at the dark moon faire? i got the sea pony pet pretty quickly but im getting close to 1000 casts now and still no crush fish.

Comment by slshimerdla

I am reasonably sure that the "drop" rate for the Steelscale Crushfish on Darkmoon Island has been lessened since Darkmoon Faire's initial re-release.

In patch 4.3.0, a good chunk of people were reporting catching them as often as 1 per 100 casts. My husband's experience confirms this, as he caught one while trying to fish up his sea pony, in about 50 casts.

In patch 4.3.2, much of the same. Several reports of 1 per 100-150 casts.

In patch 4.3.3, things seem to have changed. Several reports of 500 casts to get it, another of almost 3k casts without a crushfish. I am personally up to almost 800, and have yet to see it.

However, unless they have recently changed the rates in the other possible fishing spots for One That Didn't Get Away, this is likely still the best place to fish for this achievement.

As it stands right now, a drop rate of 0.12% puts your chances at about 1 out of 825 casts.

Comment by jtav4

Fished at 16, 25 in Northern Stranglethorn (just west of the Zuuldaia Ruins) and caught the Steelscale Crushfish in 137 casts, so I'll say I'm lucky considering the comments here.

Comment by GDerkon

Just got this one after 2 minutes of fishing on DMI.... I've trying to get the 15 mud snapper for over a month... i come here.. cast 15 times a finally got my achiv :D

Comment by stngccg

I don't know if the drop rate was increased, but I got it and the Sea Pony after about 10 mins of fishing in the DMF open waters.

Comment by Thirsom

I've done several thousand attempt for the Dark Herring from pools in Howling Fjord - and got two turtles on my main (one I had to discard :o( ).

I've done about 1.000 casts into Thunder Falls and Crystal Lake - only some 10 and 12-pounders, but no 15-pounder.

I've done about 1.000 casts from Darkmoon Island into the Great Sea - no success.

I've also done about 1.000 casts from the Boardwalk of Darkmoon Island into what seems to count (as a zone) as "Boardwalk", too - and the Steelscale Crushfish guy on two chars now (on a lvl 20ish char on my secondary realm and, oh joyful experience, on my main), including after less than 10 casts in a row today on my main. I've also seen two chars belonging to other people getting the "One that didn't get away"-achievement while I was still hunting for it.

And 60 Supply Crates from nodes. No pet/mount/Steelscale Crushfish caugth from these.

Comment by Bighand

This is just bad dream, I've been farming it for hours when suddenly it appear in the loot table that I accidentally closed... !@#$ me...

Comment by Pugbot

If anybody has given up on the Salty title like I had (after many many days fishing in howling fjord) feel confident with fishing at darkmoon faire. I fished open water, at the boardwalk (docks by the portals to town). I don't track my casts but based on fish quantities it was around 500 casts, definitely less then 1000.

I don't believe RNG favors anything, but you can get renewed motivation (out of desperation) like I did from other people's reports. I ended up standing in the water, fishing off the right side of the dock like some people have mentioned here, and got it in less then 100 casts after moving. Zahri posted this screenshot http://imgur.com/VJ3iC and its where I ended up standing as well.

Good luck!

Comment by Lexphotos

This item does not transmog (June 2012).

Comment by Shimmera

Just caught one of these on DMI, about 100mts on the right from the docks, open water. Fishing lvl 99, 66 casts.BUTI have been fishing for the sea pony today on two other alts and in 300ish and 200ish casts, didnt see one of these

Comment by Anliina

Fishing skill does not seem to matter, as I had decided to level up fishing on my 67 paladin at Darkmoon Faire Island.It broke my heart a bit when I caught this with skill 72, having spend hours trying to fish the rare from Howling Fjord on main, which is now camping the fishing bridge at Dmf...

Comment by Mathaylla

Fished it up off of Darkmoon Boardwalk - the ramp between the portals and the fishing trainer. Got it on my 5th cast with 154 fishing skill, on an alt that was just doing the DM dailies for some extra profession points. I was very disappointed to find out that it cannot be transmogrified - when equipped, it looks absolutely hilarious!

Comment by Maplebunny

Just got this about 5 mins ago.

Darkmoon boardwalk area. Approx 850 fish + a few other crate pool casts.Caught 800 fish yesterday, got Sea Pony after 90 casts but no sign of fish. Figured it just wasn't my night so logged off to level my pala. Was wondering if it was worth it at all, but came back tonight and got it within 50 casts.

So don't give up hope those who need this fish for Salty. I think it's the highest drop rate of all the fish available (most others are like 1 in 10,000 chances - this seems to be 1 in 1000 at worst for most fisherman). I realise this is still potentially several hours fishing, but better than 40+ hours going for the others!

Now, I think I will keep this BOE fish in my bank in case Blizzard even decide to allow transmog from it. I reckon it'd go for 10,000g at least ;p

Comment by trevkno2

Over 2000 fish caught at Darkmoon fair, and 2 Sea Ponies. Still no Steelscale Crushfish. I am hoping posting this message will bring me good luck and I will soon catch it and be Salty Trevkno!

Comment by l609609

Got this rare on darkmoon Isle. Open waters, 600 skill, on the rock at (28, 67) . 426 casts.

Drop rate not as high as I thought.

Comment by FarmerjoeRC

I fished this up today at the Darkmoon Boardwalk after approx. 681 casts (little more due to sessions without addon tracking) in patch 5.1. It would definitely still recommend DMI as the go-to spot for fishing this up after spending several thousand casts in Herring pools in Northrend. Finally got Salty title 4 years after being done with all the other requirements for that meta achievement. GL HF fishermen

Not super lucky but just keep at it and you'll get there! It's also fun to meet fishing friends on the docks.

Comment by versutia

well, as of today, took me about 1,000 casts between the cave by the rabbit and the boardwalk (802 by boardwalk) to finally get it.

now you can call me Salty Versutia.

keep fishing....and fishing

Comment by Hikotin

Anyone get this after the patch 5.2.0?I've tried of about 1000 casts at the Darkmoon Island but no luck :(

Comment by Alaurynn

So some people have posted that after patch 5.2, the Steelscale Crushfish can only be caught on Darkmoon Isle with a fishing level between 125-149, but other people say it's 125-150. All of my toons have fishing over level 150 except for one. I purposely chose not to level her at the trainer so she could not go past 150 (there is no way to stop at 149).

El's Extreme Anglin' website says that the Steelscale Crushfish is a Zone 3 fish, and it states that Zone 3 goes all the way to 150. BUT once you hit 150 on Darkmoon Isle, you start getting Rockscale Cod, a Zone 4 fish, which tells me that you're in a different level of fishing at that point. So, does anyone know if the Steelscale Crushfish can be caught right at level 150, or does it cap at 149? I've spent the last four hours fishing at 150, and while I am still getting Oily Blackmouth and Firefin Snapper and Spotted Yellowtail, the presence of the next level of fish worries me that I'm wasting my time.

UPDATE: I put a ticket in to a Game Master and this is the response I received:

"I'm really sorry to hear about the issue you've been having with getting a fish for an achievement. I checked our database to see if there was any concrete evidence that would say whether or not you can obtain the Steelscale Crushfish after you've reached 150 skill in Fishing. Unfortunately I didn't find anything that agreed or disagreed. Even between Game Masters some are saying you can't and others are saying you can. I went digging through the forums and I'm not seeing any posts from players that say you can get it after 150 skill.

Raimondas says flat out that you can't and instead refers another player to a different fish that will grant the achievement and can still be caught after maxing out your Fishing profession. He recommended that you go to Howling Fjord and start fishing for a Dark Herring. I wish we could provide more info on this, but I wish you the best of luck!"

So I don't really know any more now than I did when I started.

Comment by Rustman

FWIW Caught mine in the 100-125 fishing range at DMF from the docks beside the portal, with the scaling of the fish to your (fishing) level in DM now I have to believe I was indeed at the right place at the right time.. GOOD luck all trying to get this elusive fish :)

Comment by ButtonsVelen

Just fished this up in Zoram's Strand (The west coast of Ashenvale). This took 40 casts, maybe I'm lucky or maybe these %'s of how to complete One That Didn't Get Away are all the same, just fish where you want to. My fishing level was 252 when I caught this fish. My location was on the Mound sticking out of the water.

Comment by TheLevel90N00b

Can confirm you can fish this in Ashenvale, too. Recently caught one myself while fishing for Alchemy supplies, near the Zoram'Gar outpost.

Comment by Kazmodian

This fish is only catchable at the Darkmoon Faire with a Fishing skill of 125-149 (I'm not exactly sure if you can catch it at 150 but several sources say no, and if you have an alt who hasn't learned fishing it shouldn't matter). Luckily, you can keep yourself at 75/75 fishing and use Nightcrawlers (from any fishing vendor) to bring your skill to 125. I used this tactic on one of my alts and caught the crushfish after ~200 casts.

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Comment by Ocypode

I just caught one with a total fishing skill of over 1000 in the Wetlands. I fished it up at almost the exact spot wowhead shows on it's map.

Comment by TheRealSaiph

Just fished this up using my lvl26 Hunter, fishing skill 223 (+5 with my Strong Fishing Pole), on the jetty at Menthil Harbour in the Wetlands. I was standing about 10 feet to the right of Stuart Fleming.

I hope this helps dismiss the false rumours that you can't catch this fish above a certain level of fishing skill! :-)